Migration pelagic 30th & 31st August and 1st & 3rd September 2010

Another Zino's petrel pelagic expedition was run by Madeira Wind Birds with very good sightings at sea but also in land:

3rd September 2010
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
Many Fea's Petrels Pterodroma Feae
7 Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis
Many Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
Many Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
1 Madeira Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro
1 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Artic/Pomarine Skua pursuing a Fea's Petrel

Short-finned Pilot Whales Globicephala macrorhynchus with 1 carrying a dead calf
2 Loggerhead Turtles Careta careta
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis

2nd September 2010 at Lugar de Baixo
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria- 1st record for Madeira - Observed by Hans Schekkerman, Roef Mulder and Rommert Cazemier (NED)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

1st September 2010
1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2 Dunlins Calidris alpina
2 Fea's Petrels Pterodroma Feae
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
2 Grey Herons Ardea cinerea
16 Common Terns Sterna hirundo
2 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
2 Fea's/Zino's Petrels
Many Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
2 European Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus
2 presumed Zino's Petrels Petrodroma madeira
1 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
3 Skua species - too far to identify it
1 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
40 Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea

Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

31st August 2010
5 Artic Terns Sterna paradisaea
3 Fea's Petrels Pterodroma Feae - 1 on the way and 2 over the chum
1 Wilson Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
2 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michaellis
3 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus
1 Great Shearwaters Puffinus gravis
2 Madeira Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro
1 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

30th August 2010 at the pelagic trip
2 Dunlins Calidris alpina
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Turnstones Arenaria interpres
7 Fea's Petrels Pterodroma Feae - 3 on the way to the chumming position, 3 flew by the chum and 1 flew over the chum
Lots of Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Many Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
1 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Zino's Petrel Petrodroma madeira
1 Wilson Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus

Short-beaked Common dolphins Delphinus delphis
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera edeni
Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus
1 Blue Shark Prionace glauca
5 Cuvier's Beaked Whales Ziphius cavirostris - 1 jumped high, horizontally over the surface

In Machico
Simmon Pinder (UK) observed 2 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

29th August 2010 in Machico
Hans Schekkerman (NED) observed a Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola